Synonym: Paraformichella Qian and Zhang 1983
Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-96
Parent taxon: Helcionelloida according to A. P. Gubanov et al. 2004
See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Elicki 1994, Elicki 1996, Missarzhevsky 1989, Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981, Parkhaev 2001, Parkhaev 2002, Qian and Zhang 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ceratoconidae, Emargimantus, Helcionellida, Helcionelliformes, Michniakia, Pelagiellida
Subtaxa: Beshtashella tortilis
Type: Beshtashella tortilis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (4), Germany (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), Spain (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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